I had the pleasure (dis-pleasure?) of meeting Torque 3 times Friday night. The first time I was flying a 205 and low and behold, a f4u appears 10k above me. Soon I find myself facing the inevitable and after spending my alt, end up in a HO. Torque wins round one. Flight two was in a F4u-1c. This time I guaranteed myself I would have the advantage. After circling our base for about 10 minutes, 2 dots appear on my 3. They are co-alt with me, but don't seem to be heading right at me. Just then they both dove down on a pair of my countrymates who were frantically clawing for altitude at the time. I rolled the big blue beast inverted and headed right at the first dot. It was a p51, but ahead of me, an F4u. The f4u was calmly making passes at one of my teammates and didn't seem to know I was there. I pulled up into a high Yo-yo to get inside him and at 300 yds away I opened fire. Instantly the f4 exploded. Sure enough, it was Torque. Somehow I had managed to get on his 6 at the very instant he was
shooting at one of my wingmen. Immediately I checked my 6, to be sure the p51 wasn't heading for me. Fortunately for me, along came hblair (I think
) in his 109 and blew the p51 out of the sky. (The p51 was WD ... someone I have been unable to beat for quite sometime now.
) With the bishes out of the sector temporarily, I began the slow process of getting the f4 back up to 20k. Not long after I had regained my alt, along comes another f4. I set up on his 6 using my altitude advantage and began a steep dive. Soon we were both streaking toward the ground at 500+ mph. I managed to land a few hits on the f4's left wing, but it didn't seem damaged. Just then the sound of metal bending kicked in, so I knew I had to pull out or die. I managed to trim myself out of the dive and I immediately went into a steep zoom climb. Just then I heard a crunch and both my elevators and rudder were gone. I was almost able to ditch, but at the last second the plane rolled over and the screen went red.
Torque
had gotten me again. I have to give him credit for the most amazing shot I've ever seen. Somehow he managed to pull out of his dive at an even lower altitude than me, and still manage to hit me with 1k of separation on my FE. The shot was even more incredible considering that he most likely had aileron damage to his left wing. Torque wins round 3 by making the most incredible snap shot I've yet seen. Of course I gave him a
for somehow managing to get me when I had a clear advantage. Not to be left out of the fun, my ISP decided it was time for a disco, and of course my computer locked when it happened, eliminating the chance for a round 4.
to you Torque, you really know how to fly that hog.
bloom25
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